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Post by andrew martin on Apr 24, 2004 11:25:08 GMT
Well, all I can say is that it wouldn't happen now...
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Post by Peter Chadwick on Apr 24, 2004 12:18:34 GMT
Well, all I can say is that it wouldn't happen now... The BBC have been offered shows from the 4th series of 'The Goon Show' on several occasions. No response........
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Post by William on Apr 24, 2004 13:59:40 GMT
seems to be a case of ;D like that japanese murder mystery where all the whitnesses see something different
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Post by William on Apr 24, 2004 14:02:10 GMT
sorry witnesses mr lillywhite would have knocked off 5% for that
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Post by William on Apr 24, 2004 14:21:14 GMT
William...some good points there...so at the end of the day, if its a case of..£££££,it sounds like the employees dont give a hoot what they have got, or of historical value, as log as its in a can....all a waste of time? yes and no some do some don't but if anything is done its usualy down to individual effort not policy unless its something the bbc wan't for example DR Who & Dads Army=sexy Top of the pops & Doomwatch= Not sexy and thing go in cycles ie Hancock
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Post by andrew martin on Apr 24, 2004 14:45:55 GMT
I don't work on the radio side so I don't have direct experience of that, but I can't see why they wouldn't want to know about missing episodes of the Goon Show (that's assuming the episodes being offered are actually missing ones!) - I wonder who is being approached, and how? If it's someone phoning up the general BBC switchboard or writing vaguely to 'the BBC', I can see how such calls or letters could seem to get lost in the thousands that are received every week - but a well addressed letter, say, should find its way to the right person. I find it frustrating that these sort of thing could be getting missed, but I do wonder if there is more to this than meets the eye - ? Are people here talking from personal experience, for example, or quoting what they've been told? I don't want to sound cynical or disbelieving, I'm genuinely concerned if there is a problem, as leads might not be being followed up if the people whose job involves doing that are not finding out about them!
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Post by Ricardo01 on Apr 25, 2004 15:08:43 GMT
With the DVD revolution over here and the mania for box sets of seasons, there's a lot of money to be made in reissuing complete seasons. I remember reading after Elvis died, RCA spent a lot of money tracking down stuff that only collectors had in their possession.
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Post by Lester on Apr 26, 2004 10:50:29 GMT
So, at the end of the day, are the BEEB really pleased to get stuff back, or just a shrug of the shoulders, and `Thanks`?, and just how much are they involved in archive investigations?
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Post by Andy Henderson on Apr 26, 2004 16:54:44 GMT
Whoah there, in fact apart from that one example, the BBC have been fine. The problems are elsewhere! However, I have shouting on this forum till I'm blue in the face that in general unless the film is useful commercially or extremely rare, most archives don't care and it is very truthful to say that material has been refused or ignored. Some of that is partially connected with the 'amateur' problem and personal preferences. Unfortunately, to most archive people, it's just a job and they don't share the passion you might enjoy.
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Post by William on Apr 26, 2004 17:10:52 GMT
they're overworked and under resourced, who wants to make more work for themselves than they have to? thats why its important that message boards like this exist to put a bit of pressure on them
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Post by Andy Henderson on Apr 26, 2004 19:07:22 GMT
William if you think that this message board is 'putting pressure' on archives, you're deluding yourself. As with many people posting on this board, they endlessly churn up the old arguments and nothing actually happens. And nothing will happen. And best of all, most of the organistaions don't care.
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Post by Lester on Apr 27, 2004 10:02:18 GMT
Andy...what material did you offer?....i suppose it could be a case of being there at the right time, and talk to the right person, who knows what hes on about, mind you, with the recent shake ups at the BEEB, i recon at the moment its all upside down, and more interested with other things, than the return of archive material...probably why it falls on deaf ears all the time...
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